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How to Protect Yourself Against a Phishing Attack
How do you protect yourself against phishing attacks? You have probably heard about phishing in the context of the Internet. But in fact, phishing is older than the web itself. This password-stealing technique was first used over the phone. Hence the name that’s a portmanteau of “phone” and “fishing”, as in fishing for passwords or other information. Today, phishing attacks are still going strong, although now in digital form. Read to find out what a phishing attack is and how to protect your accounts from this common cyber threat. Click here to read this article Password Managers - An Ethical Requirement?
In the article Your Pa$$word Doesn't Matter the author Alex Weinert says “ – your password, in the case of breach, just doesn’t matter – unless it’s longer than 12 characters and has never been used before – which means it was generated by a password manager”. The article goes on to note “your account is more than 99.9% less likely to be compromised if you use MFA”. This introduces a clear ethical issue for anyone not using a password manager and MFA (multi-factor authentication). Consider these questions in relation to the five fundamental principles of ethics: Click here to read this article Excel's XLOOKUP Feature Begins Arriving
Microsoft has begun rolling-out Excel’s anticipated XLOOKUP feature to some Office 365 subscribers. While not all Office 365 subscribers yet have access to this feature, if you are an Office 365 subscriber, you can expect receive this feature during 2020. And once you do gain access to it, you will no doubt want to take full advantage of this great new enhancement to Excel. Click here to read this article Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows
As the end of support for Windows 7 draws closer a quick review of Windows 10 Keyboard shortcuts and virtual desktops is in order. Click here to read this article |
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